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Song of Solomon Outline

    • THE SHULAMMITE GIRL IN KING SOLOMON’S CAMP (1:1–3:5)

        • Song of songs (1)

        • Young woman (2-7)

        • Daughters of Jerusalem (8)

        • King (9-11)

          • “We will make for you gold ornaments” (11)

        • Young woman (12-14)

          • ‘My dear one is like a fragrant bag of myrrh’ (13)

        • Shepherd (15)

          • “You are beautiful, my beloved”

        • Young woman (16, 17)

          • “You are beautiful, my dear one” (16)

Song of Solomon 1:1

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “The superlative song.”

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 4:29, 32

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2006, p. 17

    “All Scripture,” p. 115

  • Publications Index

    w06 11/15 17; si 115

Song of Solomon 1:2

Marginal References

  • +Ca 4:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, pp. 30-31

    11/15/2006, p. 18

    11/15/1987, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    w15 1/15 30-31; w06 11/15 18; yp 254; w87 11/15 24;

    w57 726

Song of Solomon 1:3

Marginal References

  • +Pr 27:9; Ec 9:8; Ca 5:5
  • +Ec 7:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, pp. 30-31

    11/15/2006, p. 18

    11/15/1987, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    w15 1/15 30-31; w06 11/15 18; w87 11/15 24;

    ns 7; w57 726

Song of Solomon 1:4

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “Draw me after you.”

  • *

    Or “recount.”

  • *

    That is, the young women.

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 726

Song of Solomon 1:5

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “black.”

Marginal References

  • +Ps 120:5; Eze 27:21
  • +Ex 36:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 965

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 144, 994

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2006, p. 18

  • Publications Index

    it-1 965; it-2 144, 994; w06 11/15 18;

    ad 663, 987, 1526; w57 725

Song of Solomon 1:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/2015, p. 32

    Awake!,

    3/22/1994, pp. 16-17

  • Publications Index

    w15 1/15 32; g94 3/22 16-17; yp 194;

    w57 725

Song of Solomon 1:7

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “my soul loves.”

  • *

    Or “a veil of mourning.”

Marginal References

  • +Ca 6:3

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 726

Song of Solomon 1:8

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 727-728

Song of Solomon 1:9

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “my.”

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 10:28; 2Ch 1:16, 17; Ca 6:4

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 727

Song of Solomon 1:10

Footnotes

  • *

    Or possibly, “among the braids of hair.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 727

Song of Solomon 1:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “circlets.”

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1987, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    w87 11/15 24;

    w57 727

Song of Solomon 1:12

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “spikenard.”

Marginal References

  • +Ca 4:13, 14

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 727

Song of Solomon 1:13

Marginal References

  • +Ex 30:23, 25; Es 2:12; Ps 45:8; Ca 4:6; 5:13

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 727

Song of Solomon 1:14

Marginal References

  • +Ca 4:13
  • +Jos 15:20, 62; 1Sa 23:29; 2Ch 20:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 728

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1989, p. 17

  • Publications Index

    it-1 728; w89 11/1 17;

    ad 520; w57 727

Song of Solomon 1:15

Marginal References

  • +Ca 4:1; 5:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2006, p. 18

  • Publications Index

    w06 11/15 18;

    w57 728

Song of Solomon 1:16

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “handsome.”

Marginal References

  • +Ca 5:10

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w57 728

Song of Solomon 1:17

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “grand house.”

Parallel Translations

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General

Song of Sol. 1:11Ki 4:29, 32
Song of Sol. 1:2Ca 4:10
Song of Sol. 1:3Pr 27:9; Ec 9:8; Ca 5:5
Song of Sol. 1:3Ec 7:1
Song of Sol. 1:5Ps 120:5; Eze 27:21
Song of Sol. 1:5Ex 36:14
Song of Sol. 1:7Ca 6:3
Song of Sol. 1:91Ki 10:28; 2Ch 1:16, 17; Ca 6:4
Song of Sol. 1:12Ca 4:13, 14
Song of Sol. 1:13Ex 30:23, 25; Es 2:12; Ps 45:8; Ca 4:6; 5:13
Song of Sol. 1:14Ca 4:13
Song of Sol. 1:14Jos 15:20, 62; 1Sa 23:29; 2Ch 20:2
Song of Sol. 1:15Ca 4:1; 5:2
Song of Sol. 1:16Ca 5:10
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
Song of Solomon 1:1-17

The Song of Solomon

1 The song of songs,* which is Solʹo·mon’s:+

 2 “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth,

For your expressions of affection are better than wine.+

 3 The fragrance of your oils is pleasant.+

Your name is like a fragrant oil poured out.+

That is why the young women love you.

 4 Take me with you;* let us run.

The king has brought me into his interior rooms!

Let us be joyful and rejoice in you.

Let us praise* your expressions of affection more than wine.

Rightly they* love you.

 5 I am dark,* but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem,

Like the tents of Keʹdar,+ like the tent cloths+ of Solʹo·mon.

 6 Do not stare at me because I am swarthy,

Because the sun has gazed upon me.

The sons of my mother were angry with me;

They appointed me the keeper of the vineyards,

But my own vineyard I did not keep.

 7 Tell me, you whom I love* so much,

Where you pasture your flock,+

Where you have them lie down at midday.

Why should I be like a woman wrapped in a veil*

Among the flocks of your companions?”

 8 “If you do not know, O most beautiful of women,

Go follow the tracks of the flock

And pasture your young goats next to the tents of the shepherds.”

 9 “I liken you, my beloved, to a* mare among the chariots of Pharʹaoh.+

10 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,*

Your neck with strings of beads.

11 We will make for you gold ornaments*

Studded with silver.”

12 “While the king sits at his round table,

My perfume*+ gives off its fragrance.

13 My dear one is to me like a fragrant bag of myrrh+

Spending the night between my breasts.

14 My dear one is to me like a cluster of henna+

Among the vineyards of En-gedʹi.”+

15 “Look! You are beautiful, my beloved.

Look! You are beautiful. Your eyes are those of doves.”+

16 “Look! You are beautiful,* my dear one, and delightful.+

Our bed is among the foliage.

17 The beams of our house* are cedars,

Our rafters are juniper trees.

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